paternalism

“We had to fight misogyny, paternalism, bureaucracy, and other significant barriers to be taken seriously,” Xenarios and Anderson later wrote.

There’s a certain presumption and paternalism to the notion that California Democrats know what’s best for California Republicans.

I would say it's paternalism, the idea that the leaders know what's best for everyone else and therefore can act for everyone else, and the idea of being a chosen people, of exceptionalism.

Black American liberals rejected the elements of feudalism they recognized in racial prejudice, paternalism and patriarchy.

For the Beninese government, it’s a victory they can peddle to gain the people’s favor, while France can mine it as an image-boosting tactic that comes with tacit paternalism.